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Type (field_type)
- Any -
Bronze force-pump
tread-wheel with compartmented rim
water-screw (κοΧλιας)
wheel with compartmented rim
force pump
gear driven bucket-chain
-- not categorized --
saqiya pot
chain-pump
shadūf
saqiya
pot-garland
water-screw (κοΧλιας)
waterwheel
suction pump
wheel with compartmented rim
saqiya pot
noria
bucket-chain
bilge-pump
Age (field_age)
- Any -
Coptic
Graeco-Roman
Greek
Imperial
Imperial?
Julio-Claudian
Late Roman
late Roman or Coptic
Medieval period
Persian
post-Roman
Post-Roman?
Roman
Roman and Coptic
Roman or Coptic
Modern name (field_modern_name)
Use (field_use)
- Any -
?
*1* raise water from a well 2*dewatering the chamber 3*fighting fire
cereal
corn-mill
dewater bilge water
dewatering
dewatering as bilge-pump
dewatering bilge water
dewatering bilge water from the ship
dewatering from the mine
dewatering the bilge-water
dewatering the mine
dewatering the sea water
dewatering the water
dewatering water
dewater water from the wheat freighter ship
draining the Roman mine shaft
draining water
drain the bilge
for a bath
for a bath (?)
for agriculture
for a nymphaeum
for a Roman bath
for drinking water
for irrigation (bucket-chains in the hanging garden)
for providing water for a Roman bath
for providing water to a Roman bath
for supplying water for a Roman bath
grain-mill
grinding flour
grist mill
irrigation
it raised water for pottery making
lifting water for the fish tanks
maybe not for lifting water
maybe not for lifting water
maybe not for lifting water
maybe not for lifting water
maybe not for lifting water
maybe not for lifting water
maybe not for lifting water
maybe not for lifting water
maybe not for lifting water
maybe not for lifting water
not mentioned??
ore-crushing machinery
ore washing
produce flour for bread oven
provide water for a Roman bath or a fountain
providing water
providing water for a bath
providing water for a Roman bath
pumping
pump the bilge water of the ship
raise water from a well
raising water
raising water for irrigatation
raising water from lower levels to the upper channels or shafts
spreying water to cut rocks
the cistern was served by a bucket-chain in the shaft
the pump was used to raise water for the public baths
to dewater themine
to dewater the mine
to fill the fountain basin
to lift water
to lift water for Roman bath
to lift water for “Terme del Foro”
to lift water for the baths
to lift water in to small aqueducts to irrigate the fields surrounding the Syrian city
to lift water in to small aqueducts to irrigate the fields surrounding the Syrian city
to lift water in to small aqueducts to irrigate the fields surrounding the Syrian city
to lift water in to small aqueducts to irrigate the fields surrounding the Syrian city
to lift water in to small aqueducts to irrigate the fields surrounding the Syrian city
to lift water in to small aqueducts to irrigate the fields surrounding the Syrian city
to lift water in to small aqueducts to irrigate the fields surrounding the Syrian city
to lift water in to small aqueducts to irrigate the fields surrounding the Syrian city
to lift water in to small aqueducts to irrigate the fields surrounding the Syrian city
to lift water in to small aqueducts to irrigate the fields surrounding the Syrian city
to provide water for a bath
to provide water for a Roman bath
to raise water
to raise water from a reservoir
to raise water from the small basin to a higher level of a pipeline or a channel, which led to a point where containers carried on carts were filled.
to raise water from the small basin to a higher level of a pipeline or a channel, which led to a point where containers carried on carts were filled.
to raise water from the well it was found.
to raise water from the well it was found.
to raise water from the well it was found.
to raise water from the well it was found.
to raise water from the well it was found.
to raise water from the well it was found.
to raise water from the well it was found.
to raise water from the well it was found.
to raise water from the well it was found.
unknown
water-lifting fro the towers
water supply for a Roman camp
worked as a bilge-pump?
Address
TimeSpan:begin
TimeSpan:end
Age
Country
Modern name
Type
Use
Machine code
Latitude
Longitude
Caesarea
1
300
Roman
Israel
waterwheel
32.511497
34.905786
Cosa 1
-150
-125
Roman
Italy
Cosa 1 (Italy)
bucket-chain
to lift water for the baths
Cosa 1
42.410806
11.286508
Cilurnum
100
500
Roman
United Kingdom
Walwick, Northumberland, Chesters
waterwheel
for a bath (?)
55.026000
-2.139000
Ayni (between Carchemish and Samsat)
1
300
Roman
Turkey
water-screw (κοΧλιας)
37.333333
37.883333
Tel-Dor
-400
-1
Roman
Israel
Te-Dor
saqiya
for agriculture
32.617428
34.916364
Lincoln
50
100
Roman
United Kingdom
Lincoln
force pump
for drinking water
Linc-Fp&Bc?
53.235944
-0.535231
Vipasca
100
300
Roman
Portugal
waterwheel
raising water from lower levels to the upper channels or shafts
37.876700
-8.166390
Hawara
100
300
Roman
Jordan
Humayma
to raise water
29.953147
35.348242
Deir el-Kahf
200
400
Roman
Southern Syria (Jordan)
Hauran, Southern Syria
shadūf
to raise water from a reservoir
32.000000
36.000000
Alexandria
-100
-1
Roman
Egypt
wheel with compartmented rim
31.199004
29.894379
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